A woman, member of FEMEN, protest against the Putin's politics outside the Crimean Autonomous Republic building

A Ukrainian police officer and a pro-Russian volunteer detain a topless activist

The feminist group are famed for their anti-Putin activities. Last April, Femen co-founder Alexandra Shevchenko and four other Femen protesters rushed Putin and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, at a trade fair in Hanover.

After the incident Putin told a press conference he "liked" the protest and that they had helped to promote the trade fair.

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A Ukrainian police officer (L) and a pro-Russian volunteer (R) detain a topless activist of the Ukrainian women movement Femen, protesting against the war in front of Cremea's parliament during a pro-Russian rally in Simferopol on March 6, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images)

A Ukrainian police officer (L) and pro-Russian volunteers detain a topless activist of the Ukrainian women movement Femen, protesting against the war in front of Cremea's parliament during a pro-Russian rally in Simferopol on March 6, 2014 . AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images)

A topless activist of the Ukrainian women movement Femen tries to take the microphone away while protesting against the war in front of Cremea's parliament during a pro-Russian rally in Simferopol on March 6, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images)

A Ukrainian police officer (L) and pro-Russian volunteers detain a topless activist of the Ukrainian women movement Femen, protesting against the war in front of Cremea's parliament during a pro-Russian rally in Simferopol on March 6, 2014 . AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images)

A Ukrainian police officer (C-top) and pro-Russian volunteers detain a topless activist of the Ukrainian women movement Femen, protesting against the war in front of Cremea's parliament during a pro-Russian rally in Simferopol on March 6, 2014 . AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images)

A Ukrainian police officer (L) and pro-Russian volunteers detain a topless activist of the Ukrainian women movement Femen, protesting against the war in front of Cremea's parliament during a pro-Russian rally in Simferopol on March 6, 2014 . AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Ukrainian police officers detain a topless activist of the Ukrainian women movement Femen, protesting against the war in front of Cremea's parliament during a pro-Russian rally in Simferopol on March 6, 2014 . AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images)

A topless activist of the Ukrainian women movement Femen tries to take the microphone away while protesting against the war in front of Cremea's parliament during a pro-Russian rally in Simferopol on March 6, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images)

A man strangles a topless activist of the Ukrainian women movement Femen, protesting against the war in front of Cremea's parliament during a pro-Russian rally in Simferopol on March 6, 2014 . AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images)